M5.0 earthquake 102 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 102 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands on Thu, Nov 21, 1985, 1:18 AM GMT+11 (14:18 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-11-20 14:18:05 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 11.609° S, 166.071° E
- Region
- Solomon Islands
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4154 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14907 days ago · 253 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.0155 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14882 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.351 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14873 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.5111 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14916 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.1110 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14917 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.954 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14919 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.242 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14920 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.946 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14927 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002mzd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.